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Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18

This volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the second of two for the period 1981-1990 and covers names L-Z. [Read More]

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  1. Russell, Emmie (1892–1987) orthoptist
  2. Russell, Raymond Charles (1906–1982) Presbyterian minister and air force chaplain
  3. Russo, Peter Anthony (1908–1985) journalist, commentator and educator
  4. Ruston, Gertrude Winifred (1897–1985) community worker
  5. Ryan, John Edmund (1923–1987) diplomat and public servant
  6. Ryan, Mother Leone (1900–1989) Sister of St Joseph and educator
  7. Ryder, George Edward (1905–1989) racing administrator, stud master and businessman
  8. Rymill, Sir Arthur Campbell (1907–1989) lawyer, company director and politician
  9. Saint, Eric Galton (1918–1989) professor of medicine
  10. Salas, Nancy Evelyn (1910–1990) pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher
  11. Samuel, Richard Herbert (1900–1983) professor of Germanic studies
  12. Sanders, Dorothy Lucy (1907–1987) novelist
  13. Sando, Maurice James (1930–1984) anaesthetist
  14. Sansom, Clive Henry (1910–1981) poet, educationist and conservationist
  15. Santospirito, Louisa Angelina (Lena) (1895–1983) welfare worker
  16. Sargison , Harold Francis (1885–1983) silversmith and clockmaker
  17. Saunders, David Arthur Lewis (1928–1986) professor of architecture
  18. Saunders, Graham William (1933–1988) entomologist and conservationist
  19. Saunders, Reginald Walter (Reg) (1920–1990) army officer
  20. Savage, Ellen (1912–1985) army nurse and hospital matron
  21. Scherger, Sir Frederick Rudolph (1904–1984) air force officer, airline commissioner and company chairman
  22. Schultz , Donald Herbert (1911–1987) optical physicist, optometrist, inventor and benefactor
  23. Scotney, Hubert Roy (1903–1981) Salvation Army officer
  24. Scott, Eric Oswald (1899–1986) teacher, museum director, ichthyologist and pacifist
  25. Scott, Michael Arthur (1910–1990) priest and educator
  26. Scott, Sir Walter (1903–1981) accountant and management consultant
  27. Scrymgour, Kathleen Stirling (1895–1982) hospital matron
  28. Scullion, John James (1925–1990) clergyman and biblical scholar
  29. Seelaf, George (1914–1988) trade union leader and community activist
  30. Selley, Martin Israel (1897–1989) manufacturer
  31. Serventy, Dominic Louis (1904–1988) ornithologist and conservationist
  32. Seymour, Peter James (1932–1987) choirmaster and conductor
  33. Shann, Sir Keith Charles Owen ('Mick') (1917–1988) public servant and diplomat
  34. Sharland, Michael Stanley Reid (1899–1987) naturalist, conservationist, journalist and photographer
  35. Sharpley, Cecil Herbert (1908–1985) trade unionist, communist and apostate
  36. Shatwell, Kenneth Owen (1909–1988) professor of law
  37. Shaw, Mary Turner (Mollie) (1906–1990) architect and historian
  38. Shedley, Geoffrey Richard (1914–1981) architect and sculptor
  39. Sheed, Francis Joseph (1897–1981) Catholic publisher, author and street orator
  40. Sheehy, Kathleen Eileen (1892–1981) head teacher
  41. Shelley, Cecelia Moore (1893–1986) trade unionist
  42. Sherrard, Howard Macoun (1897–1984) engineer and town planner
  43. Shevill, Ian Wotton Allnutt (1917–1988) Anglican bishop
  44. Shippen, Elizabeth Frances (1894–1982) matron and army nurse
  45. Shmith, Louis Athol (1914–1990) photographer
  46. Sholl, Sir Reginald Richard (1902–1988) barrister, judge, diplomat and commentator
  47. Shorter, Lucie Emilie (Lulu) (1887–1989) china-painter
  48. Simogun, Sir Pita (1900–1987) soldier, politician and community leader
  49. Simon, Cinderella Jane (1902–1981) Aboriginal leader, evangelist and storyteller
  50. Simpson, Edwin Colin (1908–1983) author and journalist
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